College Planning
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The Best and the Brightest
By Angie HerbersMy duties as a part-time faculty member of Kansas State Universitys CFP-registered financial planning program included taking a group of students to this years FPA Experience Conference in San Diego.
October 31, 2011
MF Global Bankruptcy Spooks Investors; First U.S. Casualty of Europe’s Debt CrisisMF Global Holdings Ltd., the securities firm run by former New Jersey Governor and Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, is seeking bankruptcy protection in what is seen as the first major U.S. casualty of Europe's debt crisis.
October 31, 2011
MF Global Files for Bankruptcy ProtectionMF Global Holdings Ltd., the securities firm run by former New Jersey Governor and Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, is seeking bankruptcy protection one week after reporting its biggest-ever quarterly loss.
October 28, 2011
Greek Rating Likely Stays "Junk" after DealGreece's credit grade will remain low, probably still in "junk" status, even after its debt load is cut as part of a European plan to fight the financial crisis, Fitch ratings agency said Friday.
October 28, 2011
Greek Rating Likely Stays "Junk" after DealGreece's credit grade will remain low, probably still in "junk" status, even after its debt load is cut as part of a European plan to fight the financial crisis, Fitch ratings agency said Friday.
October 28, 2011
Mobility Falls to Record Low as Americans Stay Put (Boston Globe)At 11.6 percent, U.S. mobility has reached its lowest recorded point since the Census Bureau began tracking migration in 1948.
October 27, 2011
NAPFA Hosts Student Scholarship Winners at Brooklyn ConferenceNAPFA welcomed a group of 10 Alfred State student scholarship winners this week at its Practice Management & Investments Conference in New York City.
October 27, 2011
Freddie Mac CEO and 3 Chairmen to ResignFreddie Mac CEO Charles E. "Ed" Haldeman Jr. will resign within the next year, according to the government regulator that oversees the mortgage giant.